Peavey Bam 210 Users - What is your Favourite Setting?

I just picked up a (barely) used Bam 210 which will replace my workhorse Ampeg SVT-3 Pro and SWR Goliath Jr. - These will be up for sale as soon as I take some digital photos. So far I'm very pleased with the Bam and see it has a ton of possibilities. I don't see myself using the effects - I'll likely just stick to the modelling features. I'll be using this primarily to do the roots-rock / rockabilly / alt-country stuff that I've been doing for several years now.

Of the modeled amps, I find myself really liking the Fender Bassman 212, the SVT (who wouldn't love an SVT at half the weight?) and surprisingly, the modeled version of the SWR redhead. For some reason, the modeled version of the B15 fliptop is a bit disappointing to me - I was really expecting to love that one as it would have the right vibe with what I do.

Question - what are your favourite settings / models? Do you use any of the models for shows or just use the BAM as is? Finally, how do you make the B15 fliptop sound better?

You should learn to save your BAM programs in a
sysex files for backup and sharing.
(See Manual page 15).

Click to expand...

I don't have the BAM any more...I traded it off on a guitar when I thought I was out of music (gigging) entirely. It just so happened that I wrote them down, when I was experimenting, and I saved them in an Excel Spreadsheet before I traded it in.

The BAM I play thru is also at church, so I don't have the exact settings. But, I use two different presets for the 2 main basses I play. One is the Red Head amp with (I think) the bassman cab. Low mids cranked and some chorus to click on and off when needed.

The other is the "West Coast" amp with the 8X10 cab. I use some distortion on this setting.